Bangladesh schools shut in heatwave

No class: A school is closed amid countrywide heatwaves in Dhaka. — Reuters

Dhaka: Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals’ misery.

Temperatures in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka have surged to around 40ºC, with the poor bearing the brunt of the blazing sun.